I’m the same, though. And the longer I’ve been watching dramas - the less angst I’m willing to tolerate. And it’s all in the kind of angst. Flirty angst can be nice, but stupid, nonsensical romantic angst that feels completely contrived for the sake of conflict in a story drives me nutty. Serial killer/crime drama angst is a totally different class. It doesn’t usually feel forced either.
I have a lot of dramas that I re-watch, and I usually skip the angsty parts when I do. Who needs that more than once? In fact, sometimes it causes me to recommend a drama as ‘easy’ or ‘fluffy’ because I’ve rewatched it so many times without the angst, that I often forget about it. Oops.
Like I just rewatched 1% of Something, and completely skipped the love rival bits, it’s very sweet and flirty without her and the cousin’s parents. Marriage, Not Dating is also sweet and flirty if you skip mom, I hate it when she says ‘Jang Mi’ in her ‘sweet’ sing-song voice.
Except for in 1% of Something, I really love the moments she tells off the love rival chick instead of allowing herself to be intimidated by her. It so rarely happens in drama land. The cousin and his parents definitely hit the cutting room floor. LOL
To be honest, these days I’m not even starting them, let alone finishing dramas. I find myself more and more waiting for dramas to finish airing so that I know whether the ending was satisfying, and what the consensus was on the drama as a whole before I start watching. I used to just start watching a drama and if I didn’t like it or got bored, I would drop it, but now I don’t even want to waste my time by starting a drama. I’ve become much more selective these days. Although I will say I have also become more willing to drop a drama than I used to be a few years ago. Normally, I’m a completist. So when I first began watching Asian dramas, I would always finish a drama, even if I had the FF button on constantly. through to the final episode. Now I’m more likely to just stop watching, and drop it. I don’t feel like wasting time with the FF button. I’ve become more, I don’t know, impatient, maybe? with my drama watching. If a drama doesn’t capture my interest in the first few episodes, I just stop watching,
Yes, I don’t like the contrived angst either. Very frustrating. Serial killer angst, well, that always makes sense. I mean, there’s a killer on the loose!
I Loved that scene in “1% of Something”! It was so refreshing to have a FL who wasn’t intimidated by the SFL craziness. I don’t like those “crazy b**” SFL anyway.- so cartoony and unrealistic. Can’t we have female characters with some depth and believability?
I second that! So happy to know she’s found her other half! Thanks for sharing @table122000, They’re actually getting married in New York! I had to post the visuals from your article link. His post reads like a good drama.
Me too! And its so disappointing to see more negative reviews and situations than good ones, which make me kick so many dramas off my watchlist
Waiting on Love Between Fairy & Devil and Extraordinary Attorney Woo - but EAW seems to be gearing up for a second season
Is anyone watching Today’s Webtoon?
if the first couple of episodes doesn’t grab me, I don’t watch anymore. like I mentioned before, the first couple of paragraphs of a book, same thing, it isn’t interesting. these dramas of late , at least some of them, are not attracting me.
How do people miss such important points in a drama? Someone in the comments guessing someone is the bad guy, when it was clearly show that he was the previous episode. smh
me for one, I loved Vencenzo, but when one of my fave actors played a bad guy, I really didn’t like it, BUT, one of you directed me nicely about exactly what you are talking about
( this has been at least a year ago) . so I re thought what all this was about. so I have “learned” not to jump the gun, and say negative things about a bad guy. so thanks for you telling me these things, and there are other dramas I did think the same thing, and have stopped … thinking out of the box type thing,
I know we often celebrate happy baby or wedding news here in the cafe, but I just read this heartbreaking news and the letter that this expectant father wrote, and I felt the urge to share. It brought tears to my eyes, but I marveled at the eloquent words that he wrote even during what must be the lowest of moments in his life.
Thank you for thinking of, and sharing. I love this share, and his heartfelt letter. Their grief will be healthy for it, and also their recovery. I love how he ended his letter.
@my_happy_place,
The ML in this drama stopped breathing once he was birthed. He was the baby, he later started breathing. But! As dramas goes, there was a tale spun, steeped in tribal beliefs.
Miscarriage is devastating, especially because its causes are so complex. I understand that adoption is not generally considered a normal way of starting a family in Korea, but this couple could adopt and continue what seems to be a trend for younger public figures to break cultural taboos.
Korean culture for centuries has been influenced by a belief that immortality is tied to the existence of children and grandchildren and great-grand children, etc., who are “blood kin” (thus able to venerate previous generations of their familly and keep them from spiritual annihilation). The fact that even Christian families observe death day rituals shows the power of this belief.
However, adopted children are as much worthy of love and support as biological children. And it is a common story that many couples who adopt end up having biological children as well.
(I have to say that it is just a bit weird, the idea of a celebrity couple making such a private grief public. I’m not sure I could do that. It is, however, commendable that the husband has pledged to support his wife no matter what. Miscarriage is sometimes the cause of divorce at a time when both husband and wife need each other the most.)
@my_happy_place thanks for sharing that! It’s always fun sharing happy stories about weddings and babies but there is always a place for grief and healing. Hoping this couple will be able to heal and move on The fact that his profile picture is the baby’s ultrasonograph just breaks my heart.
Although I’m very sad, thinking that God will play with her instead of me makes me smile a bit.
As we know, it’s better them, than the pap, plus, based on the article, they’ve had several, already, publicly known miscarriages. So it seems everyone was hoping this journey would have been the success.
I agree that it would normally maybe be unexpected that they would share such news, but she was mere days from her due date of a publicly announced pregnancy, so it would have been hard to just ignore it. What is most surprising, for sure, is the fact that he shared his personal, intimate thoughts himself. I think we all would have understood if his or her agency simply put out a statement and asked for privacy.
The image he described of being in the waiting room with other expectant fathers, but for different reasons, just got me. And she had to go through the whole process of birth essentially, even if it was by c-section, but with such a devastating outcome, and it is heartrending. It’s true that tragedy like this can lead to a parting of ways out of grief, guilt, etc., but they are a longtime couple who have weathered the storm of miscarriage a number of times it sounds like, and there is clearly a strong religious faith in the family, so in their case it might just draw them closer.
I had to post the visuals from your article link. His post reads like a good drama.
The fact that his profile picture is the baby’s ultrasonograph just breaks my heart.